"What do you want with that madman?" Mr. Shi Que did not agree right away. His hand stopped in midair as he reached for the Dining Bell.
Eating was the most important thing at the Strange Food House. Mr. Shi Que rarely talked before the food arrived.
"I heard he was connected to the disappearance of the director of the First Rehabilitation Hospital. He seems to have found a path to the New World." Xia Yang sat relaxed in his chair.
Mr. Shi Que did not immediately object. He looked at the patterns on the dining table, which resembled human skin, and only spoke after a long while. "We still haven't found the director. All the evidence suggests that, on a certain day a month ago, he vanished into thin air inside the hospital. But we don't believe this so-called New World really exists."
"Then where could the director have gone? He built the First Rehabilitation Hospital and laid the foundations of medicine in Xinhu. He's the most powerful man in the field. I don't believe anyone would dare kill him." Xia Yang rested his arms on the armrests. "Mr. Shi Que, do you really think the New World doesn't exist?"
Candlelight flickered inside the Strange Food House. The Human Bone Piano Keys were pressed, and gentle, lilting music began to play.
"I can help you look inside Patient Zero's mind and paint the real world as he sees it." The prices of Xia Yang's paintings had been driven to astronomical heights in Xinhu. His painting skills, which left everyone else far behind, were the least remarkable thing about him. Everyone who saw his paintings felt that he had captured the truth of this world. They believed Xia Yang was not merely a painter, but a sage who saw through